US News Schools 23-100 by Recent SSRN Downloads

Paul Caron & Bernard Black (here) and Brian Leiter (here) have laid out the arguments for and against using SSRN downloads as a measure of faculty scholarship. I don’t have anything new to add, but I did prepare a list of U.S. News schools #23-100, by recent SSRN downloads. I followed the methodology used Brian Leiter here.

The category’s 20 most downloaded are below. Full list after the jump. UPDATED 7/5/09: For anyone who is interested, the data file is available here in CSV format and here as an Excel spreadsheet.

-Bridget Crawford

US News 2009 Rank

Law School

Recent Downloads (Last 12 Months) (rounded to nearest 10)

Rank by Recent Downloads

Three Most Downloaded Faculty (rounded to nearest 10)

% of Total Accounted for by Top 3

(rounded to nearest tenth)

28

GWU

59430

1

Solove (21,490)

54.80%

Kerr (7510)

Cunningham (3560)

23

U of IL â€“ Urbana Champaign

30430

2

Solum (4730)

42.30%

Ribstein (4260)

Morriss (3870)

61

U of San Diego

25210

3

Partnoy (8710)

52.50%

Alexander (2620)

Burke (1900)

41

George Mason

23740

4

Wright (2747)

31.40%

Zywicki (2360)

Somin (2340)

87

St. John’s

19310

5

Lebovits (8010)

72.80%

Tamanaha (5200)

Rubinstein (840)

45

American U (Washington College of Law)

15380

6

Ventry (3210)

46.30%

Baker, J. (2100)

Anderson (1810)

65

Temple (Beasley)

15110

7

Burris (1610)

27.50%

Mandel (1530)

Huang (1020)

59

U of Tennessee – Knoxville

14700

8

Reynolds (6270)

70.50%

Long (2470)

Stukke (1620)

52

Florida State

14300

9

Rossi (1440)

27.00%

Ruhl (1310)

Craig (1110)

35

Ohio State (Moritz)

14190

10

Davidoff (5470)

64.20%

Fairman (2500)

Rose (1140)

49

Cardozo

14080

11

Brickman (1920)

28.00%

Rosenfeld, M (1010)

Pan (1010)

30

Fordham

13930

12

Griffith (1105)

21%

Dickinson (1020)

DeBurca (800)

43

U of Arizona (Rogers)

12900

13

Sjostrom (3480)

53.10%

Chin (2468)

Orbach (900)

23

Indiana U â€“Bloomington (Maurer)

12250

14

Henderson (4010)

46.90%

Lederman (890)

Dau-Schmidt (850)

26

U of Iowa

11310

15

Hovenkamp (4670)

61.90%

Porter (1350)

Sale (980)

87

Loyola Los Angeles (Marymount)

11170

16

Hasen (1270)

29.70%

Seto (1160)

Pratt (890)

35

U of CA (Davis)

10960

17

Ventry (3210)

51.70%

Hunt (1680)

Sunder (780)

52

U of Connecticut

10930

18

Davidoff (5470)

74.00%

Mason (1630)

McCoy (980)

55

Case Western

10310

19

Dorchack (2970)

52.90%

Jensen (1350)

Adler (1130)

61

Brooklyn

10090

20

Bambauer (1220)

31.60%

Reiss (1020)

Karmel (950)

45

U of Colorado (Boulder)

10000

21

Ohm (2270)

62.80%

Fleischer, V. (2170)

Weiser (1840)

23

Notre Dame

9890

22

Finnis (1750)

33.60%

Barrett (900)

O’Connell (670)

26

Boston College

9710

23

McCann (1320)

27.30%

Greenfield (810)

Gionfriddo (520)

65

Penn State (Dickinson)

8800

24

Backer (2590)

48.30%

Freiden (880)

Terry (780)

98

U of Lousiville (Brandeis)

8670

25

Chen (2370)

61.90%

Duncan (1210)

Fischer (1790)

30

Washington & Lee

8400

26

Franck (1830)

50.60%

Fairfield (1380)

Drumbl (1040)

59

U of Houston

8170

27

Gidi (1130)

29.10%

Moll (700)

Moohr (550)

77

Rutgers (Camden)

8160

28

Lastowka (1980)

51.60%

Patterson (1180)

Dougherty (1050)

77

Seton Hall

8070

29

Lubben (2,100)

41.60%

Barnes (630)

Pasquale (630)

71

U of Pittsburgh

8050

30

Mueller (930)

32.20%

Madison (840)

Branson (820)

71

Loyola University of Chicago

7790

31

Waller (2260)

60.80%

Frischmann (1640)

Bronsteen (830)

51

U of Florida (Levin)

7760

32

Sokol (1200)

38.00%

Page (1120)

Harrison (630)

71

U of Miami

7640

33

Deporter (1310)

24.10%

Froomkin (960)

Kettering (750)

43

U of Maryland

7110

34

Rhee (670)

26.00%

Citron (650)

Gifford (530)

55

Arizona State U (O’Connor)

6650

35

Berman (1370)

47.70%

Kaye (960)

Saks (840)

35

U of Wisconsin (Madison)

6560

36

Christians (1100)

37.00%

Galanter (670)

Ghosh (660)

85

Santa Clara

6560

37

Goldman (1670)

40.20%

Van Schaack (880)

Chien (880)

100

Hofstra

6200

38

Sarkin (1030)

35.00%

Greenwood (580)

Ku (560)

45

U of Utah (Quinney)

6170

39

Quiora (1840)

66.50%

Peterson (1470)

Johnson (790)

35

U of Georgia

6060

40

Levin (1860)

54.10%

Bodansky (710)

Heald (710)

77

Seattle U.

5890

41

Gonzalez (780)

26.70%

Slye (420)

Enquist (370)

87

DePaul

5710

42

Bandes (930)

41.30%

Strandburg (780)

Kwall (650)

30

UNC â€“ Chapel Hill

5590

43

Brophy (680)

32.40%

Jacoby (630)

Conley (500)

39

U of California-Hastings

5550

44

Leib (720)

28.10%

Feldman (430)

Wang (410)

87

Marquette

5530

45

Secunda (1140)

42.10%

O’Hear (640)

Schneider (550)

28

William & Mary

5480

46

Green (990)

40.90%

Oman (840)

Barnard (410)

77

U. of Denver (Sturm)

5450

47

Brown (1,430)

65.30%

Wald (650)

Carpenter (480)

98

U of San Francisco

5340

48

Leo (1570)

44.90%

Kaswan (420)

Davis (410)

65

U of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

7940 5280

31 49

Levit (2510)

48.20%

Rustron (2050)

Linder (1270)

Lambert (1010)

42.80%

Crouch (820)

Gely (430)

77

Chicago-Kent

5100

50

Birdthistle (690)

38.00%

Buccafusco (680)

Cho (570)

61

Lewis & Clark

5090

51

Parry (900)

42.00%

Miller, R. (660)

Blumm (580)

85

U. at Buffalo (SUNY)

5050

52

Dubber (920)

43.60%

Melish (850)

Bartholomew (430)

75

U of Nevada-Las Vegas (Boyd)

4970

53

Mootz (1130)

53.90%

Rapoport (800)

Sternlight (750)

40

Wake Forest

4920

54

Chesney (860)

39.6%%

Wright(580)

Shapiro (510)

41

Brigham Young (Clark)

4900

55

Smith (1200)

46.60%

Gedicks (660)

Thomas (425)

61

Villanova

4840

56

Booth (1560)

51.70%

Gotanda (540)

Carroll (400)

52

U of Cincinnati

4750

57

Caron (880)

36.00%

Bai (440)

Black (390)

30

U of Alabama

4630

58

Pardo (920)

41.70%

Horowitz (550)

Bassett (460)

87

Rutgers (Newark)

4420

59

Gelpern (1000)

48.20%

Green (570)

Blank (560)

49

Southern Methodist

4060

60

Colangelo (580)

35.70%

Tate (460)

Hanna (410)

87

Indiana (Indianapolis)

4020

61

Magliocca (840)

44.50%

Cole (630)

Dimitri (320)

65

Georgia State

3770

62

Edmundson (810)

55.40%

Johnson (700)

Todres (580)

30

U of Washington

3690

63

O’Connor (740)

54.20%

Winn (640)

Donaldson (620)

94

St. Louis University

3080

64

Terry (580)

47.70%

Bodie (500)

Walker (390)

65

U of Kansas

2860

65

Torrance (510)

49.00%

Drahozal (500)

Ware (390)

55

Pepperdine

2680

66

Levine (680)

51.50%

Alford (430)

Stipanowich (270)

55

U of Kentucky

2330

67

Clowney (1100)

70.80%

Moore (280)

Campbell (270)

45

Tulane

2280

68

Griffin (490)

50.40%

Dombalagian (460)

Townsend Gard (200)

87

U of South Carolina

2160

69

Bartow (810)

63.40%

Seiner (330)

Hellwig (230)

77

U of New Mexico

2150

70

Gerding (1160)

89.30%

Washburn (630)

Gaines (130)

77

U. of Oregon

2120

71

Mann (460)

48.10%

Sneirson (310)

Rowe (250)

94

Northeastern

1970

72

Dogan (700)

56.40%

Lewis (210)

Williams (200)

30

Fordham

1930

73

Griffith (1100)

21.00%

Dickinson (1020)

DeBurca (800)

77

U. of Richmond

1760

74

Catropia (820)

64.80%

Gibson (170)

Sachs (150)

94

Catholic U of America

1650

75

Smith (510)

59.40%

Scordato (290)

Perez (180)

94

U of Arkansas (Fayettteville)

1340

76

Dodson (380)

76.90%

Sampson (370)

Snow (280)

71

U of Oklahoma

1000

77

Forman (580)

87.00%

Ragavan (220)

Thai (70)

75

Louisiana State

690

78

Lockridge (200)

62.30%

Maraist (160)

Sautter (70)

100

Maine

560

79

Tuekheimer (250)

78.6%

Owen (120)

Smith, D. (70)

65

Baylor

430

80

Osler (280)

97.70%

Miller (90)

Ryan (50)

100

Gonzaga

80

81

Morrisey (80)

100%

UPDATE: I’m happy to post data for schools outside the US News ##23-100. (The initial title of my post was incorrect.)